Ted Poe

Ted Poe (10 September 1948-) was a member of the US House of Representatives (R-TX 2) from 3 January 2005, succeeding Jim Turner.

Biography
Ted Poe was born in Temple, Texas in 1948, and he served in the US Air Force from 1970 to 1976. He served as a chief felony prosecutor in Houston for eight years before becoming a felony court judge in Harris County in 1981. In 2004, he was elected to the US House of Representatives as a Republican Party member.